Definitions of Raw Material, Auxiliary Material and Packaging Material

The suitability of raw materials, auxiliary materials and packaging materials for the product and production plays a very important role in enterprises. One of the most important steps in the formation of a quality and trouble-free production, and therefore the product, is the raw materials, auxiliary materials and packaging materials accepted into the enterprise. The raw material we are talking about here is the material used in the production process and used by turning it into a product. An excipient is a material that is used with the raw material but is not identified as part of the product. Packaging material, on the other hand, is the material that will protect or visually beautify the product in packaging and transportation processes.

Considering the suitability of raw materials, auxiliary materials and packaging materials for production and product, undetected non-compliance in input products may cause consequences that will affect the whole production and even human health.

The steps from purchasing to receiving goods in input products can be listed as follows:

Determination of the product to be purchased; determination of the supplier to be purchased, input control of the purchased product. Determination of the product standard to be purchased; It is the main step in determining the supplier and the input control criteria. A control step that can be accepted cannot be determined for the product whose acceptance criteria have not been determined. For this reason, it is necessary to determine the purchase and acceptance criteria of purchasing products, which are among the definitions of raw materials, auxiliary materials and packaging materials in the product content and used as raw materials, used as auxiliary materials during the production of the product and used as packaging materials in the packaging of the product. For all these, separate definitions of raw materials, auxiliary materials and packaging materials should be created and shared with the purchasing unit to be added to the purchasing specification so that the correct purchase can be made. The definitions prepared determine the product standard to be purchased and the purchasing unit determines the supplier according to these definitions and makes the purchase. When the purchased product reaches the facility, a sample is taken by the input control personnel. The control of the samples taken is carried out according to the definitions created. Products that do not comply with the criteria determined in the definitions of raw materials, auxiliary materials and packaging materials are not accepted as input. Although these criteria vary according to the product, they may include label controls, content controls, physical controls such as size and weight, chemical and microbiological laboratory control requirements. For this reason, product definitions of input raw materials, auxiliary materials and packaging materials are among the requirements of great importance for quality management systems.

raw materials, auxiliary materials and packaging materials suitable for production are important for the following reasons:

Quality: The quality of raw materials, auxiliary materials and packaging materials directly affects the quality of the products produced.

Efficiency: Materials suitable for production increase the efficiency of the production process and reduce problems such as spoilage, loss and waste.

Product safety: The suitability of raw materials and auxiliary materials and packaging material for production can protect product safety and health.

Legislative compliance: Raw materials and auxiliary materials and packaging materials must meet the standards and norms required by the legislation.

Business image: The quality, safety and regulatory compliance of products affect the image and brand value of the business.

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Prepared by: Sibel Pomak Can, Food Engineer